Sex Industry

• Canadian sex workers are challenging criminal laws in court. Here’s why

  An alliance of sex worker rights groups is in Ontario Superior Court Monday asking for several sections of the Criminal Code to be deemed unconstitutional.

  Canada

  Oct 3, 2022
  
• New directory aims to help Nova Scotia youths involved in sex trade

  A new directory of resources that aims to help youth involved in or exiting the sex trade has been launched in Nova Scotia.

  Education

  Jun 11, 2021
  
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• This week on ‘Focus Montreal’: June 1, 2019

  This week, learn how MI4 is waging war on drug-resistant infections, hear about local support for former sex workers and get ready for a day of swordplay at NDG Park.

  Canada

  Jun 1, 2019
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• Home for former sex-trade workers moves to Vaudreuil area

  After two failed attempts, the community organization La Sortie (The Way Out) is hoping the people of Vaudreuil-Soulanges will be more welcoming.

  Canada

  Sep 5, 2018
• London court case challenges Canada’s prostitution laws

  Hamad Anwar, 28, and Tiffany Harvey, 26, are both facing more than two dozen sex-related charges each.

  Crime

  Feb 6, 2018
• Sex assault, attempted choking charges laid against Thamesford man arrested in downtown car fire

  London police have warned local agencies who work with women in the sex trade after charging a man — already arrested in a vehicle arson — was charged with sexual assault and attempted choking.

  Crime

  Jan 25, 2018
• Trial delayed for Quebec man in Florida sex tourism case

  A trial has been delayed for René Roberge, a man accused of travelling to Florida to have sex with someone investigators say he believed was an underage boy.

  Canada

  Jan 8, 2015
• Quebec man pleads not guilty in Florida to sex-related charges

  A Quebec man has pleaded not guilty in a Florida court to charges stemming from allegations he travelled to the U.S. to have sex with a teenage boy.

  Canada

  Nov 14, 2014
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• Sherbrooke man arrested in Florida for ‘sexual tourism’-related crimes

  U.S. authorities said Sherbrooke resident René Roberge travelled to Florida in order to have sex with a minor: a 14-year-old boy.

  Canada

  Nov 11, 2014